Harry Ivarson

Harry Ivarson (September 7, 1892 – 1967) was a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.

Ivarson was born in Chicago,[1] the son of the actor William Ivarson and actress Anna Ivarson.[2] In addition to Harry, the couple had a son Wictor (born in 1893) and a daughter Borghild (born in 1895).[2] In 1910 the family lived in Årstad.[2]

Ivarson studied film in the United States and Germany.[3] He debuted as a director and screenwriter in Germany in 1923 with the film Wenn Männer richten under the pseudonym Harry Williams.[4] He continued his career in Norway with the films Til sæters (1924), Fager er lien (1925),[5] Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser (1926), Madame besøker Oslo (1927),[6] and Den glade enke i Trangvik (1927), which was his last silent film. In the 1930s, Ivarson switched to sound films, and together with Per Aabel he directed Jeppe på bjerget in 1933.[7] He directed his last film in 1943, the documentary Bergen.[8] Ivarson was the head of the NRK office in Bergen during the Second World War.